Kettle-cleaner



(No Model.)

B. G. DE LANEY.

KETTLE CLEANER.

No. 560,060. Patented May 12, 1896.

AN OREW B GRAHAM. Pno'ro-u'muwAsumsmN. DYC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLA G. DE LANEY, OF CONlVAY, NORTH DAKOTA.

KETTLE-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,060, dated May 12,1896. Application filed lliarcll 10, 1896. flerial N0. 582,608. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA G. DE LANEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Conway, in the county of Walsh and State of North Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kettle-Cleaners, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction of a kettle-cleaner, andparticularly in the construction, arrangement, and combination of thevarious parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central section through my.device, showing the parts arranged as in position to clean the sides ofa kettle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the parts inposition to wring or press out the moisture from the cleaning pad orcloth. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line was in Fig. 2. Fig. at is aperspective view showing the pad or cloth frame raised or turned at anangle to its support. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the device asin use in cleaning the bottom of the kettle.

A is the frame on which the movable parts of the device are carried,which is provided with a handle 13. The plate is preferably providedwith the side flanges C. At the forward or outer end I pivotally secureto the plate A, and preferably to the flanges O, the perforated plate D,which has flanges E on the sides adapted to engage within the flanges 0of the main plate or body. The plate D, I shall call the cloth plate orframe, as to its outer face is secured a suitablecloth or pad F. Thiscloth is preferably of a size to overlap the edges of the plate D, andis secured thereto by means of the bail G, which is adapted to clamp theedges of the cloth upon the edges of the plate, as plainly shown in Fig.2.

II is a stop to limit the motion of the bail when it is in its clampedposition.

I is a wringer-plate or drying-plate of a size substantiallycomplementary to the plate I), provided with suitable perforations andthe handle J and connected to the main frame or plate A by means of alink K, the link being pivot-ed at its end respectively in the end ofthe plate I and the plate A.

L is a brace pivoted to the under side of the plate D at its upper endand at its lower end engaging beneath a guide-bearing M on the rear faceof the plate A. It also carries the spring-hook N, which is providedwith a finger-piece O. In the raised position of the plate, as shown inFig. 4, a spring-hook is adapted to engage over the locking-rib P on theplate, and to disengage that hook the operator presses on thefinger-piece O, and then pressing down on the plate D will turn it intoparallelism with the plate A, as shown in Fig. 1. By connecting theplate I with the plate A by means of the link K this wringer or dryingplate may be turned into parallelism with the plate A on either sidethereof.

When turned in the position shown in Fig. 1 on the back of the mainframe or plate, the two handles are in parallelism, and if thecleaning-pad is in its lowered position the device may be inserted intoa kettle and the sides cleaned without the necessity of the operatorusing the hands in contact with the kettle or in contact with thecleaning-cloth. If the bottom of the kettle is to be cleaned, theoperator, pressing on the finger-piece O, as shown in Fig. 1, will raisethe plate D or turn it at substantially right angles to the main frame,in which position it is locked by the spring-catch, as shown in Fig. 5.In this position the operator, grasping the handles, may clean thebottom of the kettle in the same manner. To wring out the moisture or todry the cleaning cloth or pad, the operator turns the drying-plate overthe central plate and exercises suificient pressure to first force outthe fluid therein, which fluid will pass out through the apertures inthe two plates, when the drying-plate being turned back to its initialposition the device may be further used. Thus without soiling the handsa kettle or other deep dish may be cleaned on the sides or bottom. Incases where incrustations are formed on the kettle inside or out ascraper is sometimes necessary, and to provide such a scraper I providethe plate or blade Q, preferably at the end of the plate D, as shown inFig. l, which may be used for this purpose.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a kettle-cleaner, the combinationof the supporting plate or frame having a handle, the perforatedcloth-plate pivoted thereand a perforated wringer or drying plate sup-I5 ported by a link connection with the frame for the purpose described.

I. In a kettle-cleaner, the combination of the supporting frame orplate, a cloth-holdin g plate, a Twringer or drying plate, and ascraperplate, the parts being arranged as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELLA G. DE LANEY.

Vitnesses M. 13. ODOGHERTY, O. F. BARTHEL.

